<p>Does anyone know of anyone who has gotten into Harvard with a B+ average?</p>
<p>Yes. It's happened.</p>
<p>people have gotten into harvard with a great range of grades. THen again the lowest were probably legacies.</p>
<p>I was by no means a straight A student. I had my share of Bs in high school. But then again, our school was known to NOT have grade inflation.</p>
<p>grade inflation? how does that work? do you mean weighing grades? please expain. thanks.</p>
<p>Grade inflation is the term used for the phenomenon whereby higher grades are given out for the same quality of work than would have been given out at some arbitrary (frequently mythical) time in the past. Frequently the term is used indistinguishibly to denote the phenonmenon of many high grades's being awarded. This leads to one of the current debates over grade inflation; are more As administered because standards are lower, or because students are doing a better job? </p>
<p>The analogy is to monetary inflation. When more dollars are printed, a dollar is worth less. Likewise, when more As are awarded at a school, an A is worth less. xjayz is indicating that his high school had harsh grading standards, so getting a B there would not be as bad as getting a B at a school that did have grade inflation.</p>
<p>Thanks, this gives me hope! My school does not have grade inflation.</p>